Drying and transportation truck.



H. A. W, RASMUSSEN.

DRYING AND TRANSPORTATION TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED APR.9. I3l7- Patented Aug. 13, 1918;

1 UNITED STATES P T N OFFICE.

HOLGEB A. W. MSMUSSEN, OI BOGKI'OBD,ILLHOI8.

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To all whom it may 001mm.-

Be it known that I, Honenn bago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drying "and Transportation Trucks, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates in v eneral to trucks, and has more particular re erence to drying and transportation trucks, especially adapt-.

ed for use in furniture and piano factories and in other places where .it is desired to stack for drying a large number of panels and coated strips or sections of wood or the .like which have been varnished, painted or similarly coated, and to transport the same from one place in thefactory to another.-

In the present invention, I have aimed,

primarily to provide a drying and trans ortation truck'of improved construction so designed as to be capable of carryinigin a limited space a large number of eshly painted flat pieces in such manner that the finished surfaces will not be marred by contact. with the supportlng means. Such' a truck is of special advantage where it is'desired to finish flat pieces on-both sides and to side so that the freshly finished side would not be marred by contact with the supporting arms of the rack.

One of the features of my improved drying rack and truck is the provision of tiers of supporting arms constituting racks, each supporting arm of. which-is curved soas to present a concave upper side which constitutes a supporting surface uponwhich flat pieces of varying widths may rest only on their extreme edges, so that both sides of the piece may dry without being marred in any appreciable manner by the supporting- .rack.

Another feature is the mounting of the racks in such manner that they may be swung'upwardly out of operative supporting position and retained in such inoperative position. By this means the operator may commence stacking pieces on the bottom rack and successively move thenext higher rack down into supporting position so that the coated pieces may be quickly A. W. IR s-- MUssEN, a citizen of the United States, re siding at Rockford, inthe county of Wlnn'ein a rackv Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd Aug, 13, 1918, Application filed Ap1'119, 1917. Serial No. 160,758.

stacked without interference with the racks above.

Further features of m invention reside in the novel construction oi the truck and rack, whereby the same may be produced at a comparatively low cost and will effectually serve the purposes desired. Referring now to the accompanying drawin s,

igure 1 is a side elevation of a truck embodying myimprovements;

and

1 Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view illustrating the mountin of one of the racks. .While the truck w ich I have illustrated is 'designed especially for carrying a large number of wood panels or fiat pieces of wood to be painted or coated on both sides, it should be understood that myinvention comprehends the carrying of any number of'substantiallyflat pieces which have been coated on both sides and are required to be so supported in a rack for drying that their coated surfaces will not be marred.

The truck and rack supports are of very simple construction, consisting of a air of' parallel base pieces 3 secured at their ends to cross bars 4 equipped with suitable casters or any wheel supports, and a central standard in the form of u rights 5 secured in spaced relation at thelr lower endsto the base piece 3 and converging'upwardly .and being rigidly secured together by bolts '6 and held in rigid spaced relation by a block '7 and the bolt 8, in the manner clearly shown in the drawings. The supporting arms are mounted directly upon the uprights 5 in spaced relation so as to constitute two tiers of-racks inclined toward the center of the truck sothat the load will be centrally carr i Fig. 2 is an end elevationof the truck;

lace without danger of tipping."

standard in spaced relation and are curved concavely on their upper sides so that a flat piece which has been coated on both sides maybe positioned directly on the curved surfaces of the rack and will rest only at its extreme edges on the rack surface, and since the supportin arms are com aratively narrow and pre erably in the ibrm of round metal rods, the engagementwill be so small leased therefrom.

7 a pivot portion 9 and a pair of arms 11.

These are each curved or shaped so as to provide concave or centrally depressed upper supporting surfaces for the purpose mentioned above. The means for pivotally securing the racks to the bars 5 may be of any suitable construction, although it is preferred to provide a pivotal mounting which will serve also to retain the racks in upright position. For this purpose, a tubular bearing 12 is provided for one end of each rack and is shaped to provide a slotway having a seat 13 and a longitudinal way 14, through which slotway one of the arms 11 passes, as shown in Fig. 3. The other end of the cross or pivot portion 9 of the rack may be pivotally-secured to the other bar 5 by any suitable means, such as a common staple 15. By reason of this construction, each rack, when its arm 11 is resting on its seat 13, will be supported in operative position, and by swinging the rack upwardly and moving it sidewise so that its portion disposed in the slotway will enter the portion 14 thereof, the rack will be held in upright or inoperative position.

It will be manifest by reference to the drawings that a large number of fiat pieces may be mounted on the racks and carried thereby in such manner that their coated surfaces may dry evenly and without bein marred or blemished by the rack. It wil also be evident that flat pieces of different widths might be equally well and advantageously supported by the rack, as is plainly seen by reference to Fig. 1, which shows in dotted lines a number of fiat pieces of different widths mounted on the left hand tier of racks. Before stacking, all of the racks in o1ie tier except the lowermost one are moved to inoperative position. This enables the operator to place a piece on the lower rack without interference with the rack next above. When the piece has been placed on the rack the next rack is swung down to po tion and loaded, and so on, each succeeding rack is filled.

Handles are provided at opposite ends of the truck to enable the same to be easily and conveniently moved about. These handles, preferably formed integral with one of the racks, are formed of heavier rod than is employed for the other racks, the outer ends of the rack rods being joined so as to form a cross piece or handle 15. It will be obvious that an operator may grasp the handle 15 at ither end of the truck and move the same about on its wheels or casters to any position. This greatly facilitates the handling of large numbers of fiat pieces which have been coated on opposite sides in the manner described, and by so supporting the pieoes both sides may be coated at one time and the pieces may be quickly placed on the racks without being marred, to remain there until dry. It should be .understood that while have shown and described one practical embodiment of my improvements, the details of construction thereof might be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A drying rack of the character described comprising an upright standard, and a tier of racks mounted on the standard, each rack having horizontally spaced upper supporting surfaces each of which is centrally depressed providing downwardly inclined surfaces so that when a freshly coated article is positioned, coated side down, on a rack thearticle will rest on said surfaces at onlyspaced points of contact and the intermediate portions of the supporting surfaces will not mar the coated surface of the article.

2. In a drying rack comprising an upright standard, a plurality of drying racks, each formed of a single rod shaped to provide a pair of spaced arms joined by a cross portion, means pivotally securing the cross portions of the arms to the standard in vertically spaced relation so as to present a tier of racks, the arms of each rack being shaped tov provide centrally depressed upper supporting surfaces so that a freshly coated article may be positioned, coated side down, on the supporting arms of a rack and will rest thereon only at spaced points of contact, whereby the intermediate portions of the rack arms will not mar the coated surface, and means whereby the pivoted racks may be swung into and out of operative position. 3'. A drying and transportation truck comprising a truck equipped with an upright standard, and a tier of racks mounted on bers shaped to provide concave supporting teteeee s'terteees sect e, fil'OSS portion joining the outer ends of said spaced members emi sew 5mg es a handle adapted to he enmegeet to? moving the truoh shout.

5. A ch'ying end. transportation truck of the character fiesoribed comprising e truck equipped with an upright standard, e phi'eiity of ranks each having ietemliy speeeci supporting arms shagoeai to providecentteiiy depressed supporting surfaces and e eross portionjoining the supporting arms moons pivotoliy securing the cross portions of the supporting arms to the standard, and memos hoiding the supporting arms in horizontally disposed position and permitting the arms to he swung upwstdly to an inoperative Position.

5. In e truck of the character described, e tier of rocks, each rack of which is formed of a. tit-shaped rod, and means for pivot-- which one of the met; arms posses, one} which is shaped to determine the operative e116. inopemtive positions of the mate t. it drying and transportation truck of the eheteoter riosorihed comprising e truck equipped; with an upright standard, e phireiity 0t reeks each having 2t pair of latereiiy speoeci supporting arms shaped to rovide oentmiiy depressed supporting sol" aces and e cross portion joining eeeh pair of supporting zit-ins sl d meons pivoteiiy seeiii'mgg the cross portion of each reek to the stondeifl in vertically spaced. r ietion so as to present 2 tier of reohs seid {means being shaped to hold the racks in homzontei supporting position and to eiiow the racks to he swung upwardly to en inoperative position and; thence to he moved sidewise toegitudinaily of the pivot e is of the cross poitions to secure the rock in said inoperative position,

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